Forcepoint Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Forcepoint
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring knowledge or experience of Forcepoint products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Forcepoint over the 6 months leading up to 15 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Forcepoint, LLC (formerly Websense).

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 223 - 185
Rank change year-on-year - - +39
Contract jobs citing Forcepoint 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.035% - 0.020%
As % of the Vendors category 0.079% - 0.046%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £738 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 - -
75th Percentile £813 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £550 £567 £450
% change year-on-year -3.00% +26.00% -14.29%

All Vendors
North of England

Forcepoint falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,516 1,666 2,172
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 44.46% 50.98% 44.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,624 1,055 1,319
10th Percentile £259 £231 £246
25th Percentile £385 £363 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +1.32% -2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £580 £575 £575
90th Percentile £675 £650 £653
England median daily rate £501 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -4.67% +1.94% -4.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 72 208
10th Percentile £15.43 £19.20 £10.95
25th Percentile £20.44 £24.18 £12.53
Median hourly rate £30.49 £32.50 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.18% +103.13% -45.39%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 £25.25
90th Percentile £74.26 £86.00 £46.18
England median hourly rate £25.00 £30.40 £25.00
% change year-on-year -17.76% +21.60% -28.57%

Forcepoint
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Forcepoint relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Forcepoint job vacancy trend in the North of England

Forcepoint
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Forcepoint.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Forcepoint

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Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Forcepoint.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Forcepoint

Forcepoint
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Forcepoint within the North of England region over the 6 months to 15 March 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West - 2 £775 - 1
Forcepoint
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Internet
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) MPLS
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (50.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Tech Ops
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Debt
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) JSP 440
1 1 (50.00%) NCSC
1 1 (50.00%) RMADS
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Meraki
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto